Meet the Forum Staff（スタッフの自己紹介）

[LittleGaijin]

Please check the Homepage for a more detailed introduction page about each of the current staff members. 

Here, you can read up about the Gaiwa Team. Get to know your forum moderators!

Our job is to moderate the forums, answer your questions, and (above all) keep the peace. Some of us work on Gaiwa site maintenance, web design, coding, custom graphics, social media, advertising, research, illustrations, event planning, content creation, forum activity, and many many more activities behind the scenes. And most of us have written articles up on the Homepage based on our experiences and knowledge about Japanese culture and language.

Gaiwa is growing, and the staff is always on the lookout for new members to add to our team!

[LittleGaijin]

Hello! I'm Anna, otherwise known as the "Little Gaijin". Why, you ask? Because I'm a 4-foot-something, half Asian hobbit who grew up in places where I was constantly referred to as a foreigner. Over time, my resentment for this term wore off, and I am now proud to be a foreigner. Foreigners are mysterious, exotic, and can tell one hell'ova story at the dinner table.

I am the head honcho here at Gaiwa. When I'm not lurking in the forums, or tampering with the site HTML, I am an artist who loves to torture play with her fluffy little Bichon puppy. I'm not an avid watcher of anime, but I do love Shingeki no Kyojin and Cowboy Bebop! I also have a strange fascination with space and aliens, and koalas.

(Read more about me on the homepage!)

[Bokusenou]

Hi! You may know me as Rin, a Japanese name I liked and took as a nickname, or Bokusenou, my forum username. My favorite part about being one of the staff here on Gaiwa is having the opportunity to help Japanese learners from around the world improve their language skills.

When away from Gaiwa you will usually find me reading, coding, listening to podcasts, or messing with Photoshop. I also have an interest in youkai, the mythical creatures from Japanese folklore. I read or watch any story with them I can get my hands on, and then look up any unfamiliar ones in my little Japanese youkai encyclopedia. Some kind of look like the ancient Japanese equivalent of Pokemon, which might help explain my urge to not stop until I know them all!

(Read more about me on the homepage!)

[Jembru]

Hi everyone. I'm Jemma. I live with JP, my partner of 3 years, and a young cat called Dolly.  I'm interested in natural sciences, have a degree in zoology and have a deep, spiritual reverence for nature. Despite appearances, I guess I'm a bit of a hippy at heart.

When I'm not keeping myself busy on Gaiwa, or studying Japanese, I'm usually spending time with JP and our friends. I also adore the game Minecraft ...I'm maybe a little obsessed in fact. My other love is zombies. I really can't explain what it is about them that keeps me so captivated, but it seems to go way back to my childhood. What can I say, weird kids grow up to be weird adults I guess!  (Read more about me on the homepage)

[Jade]

Hey! I'm Jade, and I spend most of my time killing zombies. Sadly, that's not exactly conducive to Japanese study, so when I'm not killing things I'm usually buried in books and Japanese dramas.

I do Gaiwa forum maintenance, and muddle my way through codes sometimes. I'm in my last year of university, and write stories in my spare time. (Read more about me on the homepage!)